ought 音标拼音: ['ɔt]
v .
aux .应该,大概
n . 责任
aux .应该,大概责任
Ought \
Ought \ ([
add ]
t ),
n . &
adv .
See {
Aught }.
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Ought \
Ought \,
imp .,
p .
p .,
or auxiliary . [
Orig .
the preterit of the verb to owe .
OE .
oughte ,
aughte ,
ahte ,
AS . [=
a ]
hte .
[
root ]
110 .
See {
Owe }.]
1 .
Was or were under obligation to pay ;
owed . [
Obs .]
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This due obedience which they ought to the king .
--
Tyndale .
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The love and duty I long have ought you . --
Spelman .
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[
He ]
said . . .
you ought him a thousand pound .
--
Shak .
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2 .
Owned ;
possessed . [
Obs .]
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The knight the which that castle ought . --
Spenser .
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3 .
To be bound in duty or by moral obligation .
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We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak . --
Rom .
xv .
1 .
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4 .
To be necessary ,
fit ,
becoming ,
or expedient ;
to behoove ;
--
in this sense formerly sometimes used impersonally or without a subject expressed . "
Well ought us work ."
--
Chaucer .
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To speak of this as it ought ,
would ask a volume .
--
Milton .
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Ought not Christ to have suffered these things ?
--
Luke xxiv .
26 .
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Note :
Ought is now chiefly employed as an auxiliary verb ,
expressing fitness ,
expediency ,
propriety ,
moral obligation ,
or the like ,
in the action or state indicated by the principal verb .
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Syn : {
Ought }, {
Should }.
Usage :
Both words imply obligation ,
but ought is the stronger .
Should may imply merely an obligation of propriety ,
expendiency ,
etc .;
ought denotes an obligation of duty .
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Owe \
Owe \ ([=
o ]),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Owed } ([=
o ]
d ), ({
Ought }
([
add ]
t )
obs .);
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Owing } ([=
o ]"[
i ^]
ng ).] [
OE .
owen ,
awen ,
aghen ,
to have ,
own ,
have (
to do ),
hence ,
owe ,
AS . [=
a ]
gan to have ;
akin to G .
eigen ,
a .,
own ,
Icel .
eiga to have ,
Dan .
eie ,
Sw . [
aum ]
ga ,
Goth . ['
a ]
igan ,
Skr . [
imac ][,
c ].
[
root ]
110 .
Cf . {
Ought },
v .,
2d {
Own }, {
Fraught }.]
1 .
To possess ;
to have ,
as the rightful owner ;
to own . [
Obs .]
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Thou dost here usurp The name thou ow '
st not . --
Shak .
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2 .
To have or possess ,
as something derived or bestowed ;
to be obliged to ascribe (
something to some source );
to be indebted or obliged for ;
as ,
he owed his wealth to his father ;
he owed his victory to his lieutenants . --
Milton .
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O deem thy fall not owed to man '
s decree . --
Pope .
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3 .
Hence :
To have or be under an obigation to restore ,
pay ,
or render (
something )
in return or compensation for something received ;
to be indebted in the sum of ;
as ,
the subject owes allegiance ;
the fortunate owe assistance to the unfortunate .
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The one ought five hundred pence ,
and the other fifty . --
Bible (
1551 ).
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A son owes help and honor to his father . --
Holyday .
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Note :
Owe was sometimes followed by an objective clause introduced by the infinitive . "
Ye owen to incline and bow your heart ." --
Chaucer .
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4 .
To have an obligation to (
some one )
on account of something done or received ;
to be indebted to ;
as ,
to owe the grocer for supplies ,
or a laborer for services .
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Aught \
Aught \,
n . [
OE .
aught ,
ought ,
awiht ,
AS . [=
a ]
wiht , [=
a ]
ever wiht . [
root ]
136 .
See {
Aye }
ever ,
and {
Whit }, {
Wight }.]
Anything ;
any part . [
Also written {
ought }.]
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There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord has spoken . --
Josh .
xxi .
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But go ,
my son ,
and see if aught be wanting . --
Addison .
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